Week 2 Lecture - Folie Exploration (Entry Two)

I begun thinking of folies in architectural terms - not so much in a universal way, but specifically in terms of the architectural experience.

I looked at the Kazimir Space Model.

Culled from: http://www.christinadyrberg.dk

Culled from: http://www.christinadyrberg.dk

For me this was a space that seemed to blur the concept of solid and void. One could question the meaning of  solid and void. Is void something habitable or is it a visual element. As the visitors move through the space - their perceptions are constantly altered in relation to the illusion of solid and void. For me this was a folie, because it questioned their perception and consequently they learned a new way to perceive space and understand it. 

Continuing on from the concept of solid and void and the spatial implications - I looked at Light & Dark.

This example was not an architectural design with intent - but it did express the idea clearly. Something that is solid implies limits - something with void implies that it is a container of sorts. With darkness the limits are not known. I felt this was something that architecturally speaking could reinvent spatial perceptions and people could learn about the ways that they experience space.

Dark Room

Culled from: http://www.hypertextopia.com/library/read/771